[gentoo-dev] LiveCD: unpacking firmware

[gentoo-dev] LiveCD: unpacking firmware

[Colleen Josephson]

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I had a question related to the amd64 minimal livecd.
I was not sure of the appropriate mailing list, so please forgive & redirect
if this is the wrong one.

What exactly is happening at the "Unpacking firmware" stage of the boot
process?
Is there a way to find out exactly what firmware is being loaded? Or a way
to boot without loading the firmware?

Why? It is a somewhat strange reason. I am having issues with a high-pitched
hum coming from the audio jacks (occurs on both MB sound and a creative
sound card)
I have a very nice sound system (a sound board, studio monitors...I am an
audio hobbyist), and no other system has these problems, so I am relatively
sure that it is not the speakers/cables.

I have been booting from the liveCD, and I have pinpointed the point at
which the hum starts to something near the *Unpacking firmware stage.
I realize this is somewhat esoteric, but it renders my system almost
useless, and would greatly appreciate any input.

Thanks,
Colleen Josephson
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Class of 2013

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Re: [gentoo-dev] LiveCD: unpacking firmware

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Colleen Josephson wrote:
> I had a question related to the amd64 minimal livecd.
> I was not sure of the appropriate mailing list, so please forgive & redirect
> if this is the wrong one.

you probably want the gentoo-catalyst mailing list
-mike